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First of its Kind Economic Analysis of Cyber Black Market Reveals Unprecedented Global Maturity | |
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 03:33:04 PM | |
New Juniper-Sponsored Research by RAND Corporation on Cyber Black Markets Finds a Mature Economy Mirroring the Innovation and Growth of a Free Market. SUNNYVALE, CA -- March 25, 2014 -- Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, finds the cyber black markets have a mature economy with characteristics akin to those of a thriving metropolitan city. A new global report, sponsored by Juniper Networks and conducted by the RAND Corporation, reveals several economic indicators that cyber black markets have reached unprecedented levels of maturity and growth. While there has been significant research measuring different parts of the hacker black markets, RAND's report, "Markets for Cybercrime Tools and Stolen Data: Hackers' Bazaar," examines for the first time these markets in their entirety and applies economic analysis to better understand how they function. RAND found significant levels of economic sophistication, reliability, accessibility and resilience in the products, distribution channels and actors involved in the black markets. RAND's report, confirmed by Juniper's vast experience in the network security ecosystem, suggests the cyber black markets are a mature and growing multi-billion-dollar economy with a robust infrastructure and social organization. RAND found these black markets, like any other economy, react to market forces like supply and demand, and continue to evolve. News Highlights: Juniper Networks likens the hacker black markets to a thriving metropolitan city with diverse communities, industries and interactions.
The research report, "Markets for Cybercrime Tools and Stolen Data: Hackers' Bazaar," is based on in-depth interviews conducted by RAND between October and December 2013, with global experts who are currently or formerly involved in the market, including academics, security researchers, reporters, security vendors and law enforcement. It is the first of a series of reports from RAND that are sponsored by Juniper Networks. Supporting Quotes: "The security industry, government and legal communities must come together to establish new norms for how companies can more vigorously defend themselves against cyber-attacks. We must address the root cause behind the accelerated maturation of the cyber-crime market -- the very economics that drive its success. By disrupting the economics of hacking we can break the value chains that drive successful attacks. We must never lose the moral high ground, however, so we cannot go on the offensive and hack back, but we can no longer remain passive. By using forms of active defense such as intrusion deception we can identify, thwart and frustrate attackers. Active defense is a promising and exciting approach for addressing the rapidly evolving threat landscape."
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